Knife-handle



(No Model.)

A. PAULS.

KNIFE HANDLE. No. 509,762. PatentedNov. 28,1893.

WNNESSES: INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST PAULS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

KNIFE-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Letters Patent No. 509,762, datedNovember 28, 1893.

Application filed August 31,1893. Serial No. 484,510. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST PAULS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Knife-Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in knife handles and theinvention consists in the novel features set forth in the followingspecification and claim and illustrated in the annexed drawings in whichFigure 1 is an inside elevation of the shell without the lining. Fig. 2is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing'the shell with the lining. Fig. 3 isa section along 00 as Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section along y y Fig. 2.

The handle shown in the drawings is a razor handle but of course theinvention can be applied to other handles such as handles for pocketknives, erasers,button hooks and other articles. Each half of the knifehandle consists of a trough shaped shell or scale A of such material astortoise shell, hard rubber, celluloid or the like. The shell or scale Ais provided with supports B. A metal lining C rests on the supports andis retained in position bythe edges D of the scale overlapping thelining, as seen in Fig. 4. The supportsB are shown perforated for theinsertion of rivets or pivots, the lining 0 being similarly perforatedfor that purpose. The edges D are caused to overlap the lining C bymeans of any suitable press or die brought into action after the liningC is placed on the supports B. The overlapping edges D prevent the edgeof the knife when closing into the handle from catching or strikingagainst the metal lining whereby the knife edge might be injured.

This structure of handle is light and strong witnesses.

AUGUST PAULS. Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

